You Are Invited to…Camp Kindergarten!

Dr. Jean will host her first “summer camp” for teachers near Atlanta on June 21 and 22, 2007. It will be two full days of literacy activities, math activities, plus practical classroom management tips and tricks! Every day will start with a “sing along,” and each day will end with a make and take so you’ll have lots of new materials for your classroom when school starts. It will be a special time to network, refresh your ideas, celebrate teaching, and have FUN!

8:30-3:30

June 22 “Totally Math”

Atlanta, Georgia

One day $149.00

Review of research

Focusing on standards
9:30-10:00 HOW?

Management Tips

Large Group, Small Group, Independent Activities

Differentiated Instruction

10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:45 WHAT?

Part I of Instructional Ideas, Games, Centers

1:00-2:30 WHAT?

Part II – Hands-on Activities
2:30-5:00? Sharing - Questions

Make and Take

Networking

*We will have patterns and materials available for you. You can stay as long as you want and visit with new friends, ask me questions, make games, etc.

If we want children to enjoy reading and writing, then we have to provide activities that will capture their interest and motivate them.  In this workshop, you’ll learn how to replace worksheets with games, books, and activities that will meet the needs of a wide range of learners. 

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  Meaningful applications from reading research
  
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  How to “sing standards”
  
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  Rhyming and chanting your way to phonological awareness
  
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  “Fun” phonics
  
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  Word wall activities
  
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  Creative ways to enhance fluency
  
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  Vocabulary builders
  
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  Comprehension strategies
  
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  Formative and summative assessment tips
  
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  Blank books to reinforce reading and writing skills
  
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  How to make and manage literacy centers
  
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  Home/school activities to involve families
  
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  How to plant a “love of reading” in children’s hearts!
  

You will receive the “Totally Reading” CD with songs that support skills, plus a 100 page handbook of simple and practical activities and patterns.

You’ll learn how to introduce key math concepts in your classroom in creative and meaningful ways in this workshop. “Math fever” will spread through your room in the coming year with the catchy tunes, games, and movement ideas you will learn! Highlights will include:

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  Applications from brain research
  
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  Connecting with standards
  
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  Using music for prior learning and to provide repetition
  
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  Songs for number concepts, writing, money, fractions, and addition
  
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  Movement activities for patterns, shapes, and counting
  
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  Games to build skills
  
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  Hands-on materials for learning centers
  
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  Open-ended activities to challenge all students
  
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  Books to integrate math concepts and literacy
  
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  Everyday math opportunities
  
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  Mind mapping for math
  
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  Management tips
  
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  How to provide children with positive experiences that will influence lifelong attitudes about mathematics
  

You will receive the “Totally Math” CD with songs for counting, number words, numerals, shapes, money, time, measurement, addition, and subtraction. You will also receive a handbook of patterns and ideas for large group, small group, and independent opportunities.